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164 To Theo van Gogh. Brussels, Saturday, 2 April 1881.
in translation:
...oughton, Marks, Millais, Pinwell, Du Maurier, Herkomer, Walker, to name but a few artists who are tru...
170 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Friday, 5 August 1881.
in translation:
...ul as the paintings of Millais or Boughton or Herkomer. I found it at Princenhage and read it in thre...
199 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 8 or Monday, 9 January 1882.
in note 4:
...te contains 22 prints after the work of Hubert von Herkomer; they all came from The Graphic and date...
in note 12:
...erring to one of the prints relating to Hubert von Herkomer’s painting The last muster (Sunday at ...
in translation:
The drawings by Herkomer, Frank Holl, Walker, and others. I bought them from Blok, the Jewish booksel...
213 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 24 March 1882.
in note 2:
... in the 1870s: 22 prints after works by Hubert von Herkomer, 3 after Francis Montague Holl and 5 aft...
in translation:
...Pulchri about my collection of woodcuts after Herkomer, Frank Holl, Du Maurier &c. I’d very m...
214 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 2 April 1882.
in translation:
...‘illustrators’, Gavarni, for instance, or Herkomer!! This NOT keeping abreast of things is part o...
232 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, Sunday, 28 May 1882.
in translation:
...that it’s as powerful as, say, a drawing by Herkomer or Fildes or Israëls. And Dickens himself som...
235 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 3 June 1882.
in note 37:
...raphic. From it Van Gogh definitely had Hubert von Herkomer’s The agricultural labourer – Sunday...
in translation:
...he fields by Millet, also Breton, Feyen-Perrin and English prints by Herkomer, Boughton, Clausen &c.
1 ,, Heads of the people by Herkomer, supplemented with drawings by others and by portraits
in note 20:
For Herkomer’s prints in the estate, see letter 199.
245 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 6 and Friday, 7 July 1882.
in translation:
...uisdael, and splendid, big wood engravings by Herkomer and Frank Holl and The paupers’ pew by Degro...
249 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Friday, 21 July 1882.
in translation:
...that of the English, for instance Millais and Herkomer and Frank Holl. What I mean to say as regards ...
263 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 12 and Sunday, 17 September 1882.
in translation:
...or Du Maurier or C. Keene or Howard Pyle or Hopkins or Herkomer and Frank Holl and countless others.
273 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 22 October 1882.
in translation:
cG — Charles Green H.H. Herkomer
275 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 24 and about Friday, 27 October 1882.
in note 35:
... clear which print Van Rappard meant by Hubert von Herkomer’s Schwierigkeiten (Hardships). The gra...
in translation:
Herkomer, Hardships is also unknown to me.
278 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Wednesday, 1 November 1882.
in note 3:
The word ‘decadence’ is found in Herkomer and must have particularly impressed Van Gogh; he refer...
in note 1:
...r of the passages cited corresponds with what Herkomer wrote. There is no way of knowing whether Van ...
in note 13:
Hubert von Herkomer, Christmas in a workhouse, engraved by Charles Roberts, in The Graphic 14 (25 Dec...
in translation:
...an extract from a lecture by Herkomer on the subject of the wood engravings of recent times.Herkomer
...gs against which I protest. One has to do with the publishers, the other with the artists. Herkomer
... in which there’s a more serious sentiment. That, above all, must remain, it seems to me. Herkomer
...oney was short, Christmas in the workhouse by Herkomer, Homeless and hungry by Fildes &c. I find them...
279 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, Wednesday, 1 November 1882.
in note 9:
In his article Herkomer disparages the virtuosity of the engravers for American magazines like Harper...
in note 5:
...s are Van Gogh’s own; they are not found in Herkomer’s article – of which Van Gogh only had Van...
in note 4:
Hubert von Herkomer.
in note 17:
Herkomer writes ‘Effect is the one aim’: see Herkomer 1882, p. 167, col. 2.
in note 16:
A literal reference to Herkomer; see letter 278, n. 3.
in note 13:
...saleable’ would have been suggested by what Herkomer expects from the artist: ‘an independent spi...
in translation:
The article by Herkomer is extremely interesting, for which many thanks. I’ve been completely absor...
...would mistakenly interpret it as meaning that Herkomer rejects and condemns the Americans and the sch...
...shioned manner’ — and that brings us to what HH means. The old manner of engraving, that solid, h...
Herkomer says: be careful, don’t let that be lost, if art lacks that then art has meningitis or spi...
But Herkomer wouldn’t reject, for example, the distribution of turf tickets in Ireland by Caton Woo...
... bad taste. Enough. What concerns you and me in H.H.’s lecture is: Draw austerely, be serious, be h...
...rs and the impression made on both you and me by HH’s forceful words make me wish all the more that...
280 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 5 November 1882.
in note 4:
For this reference to Herkomer, see letter 278, n. 3.
in note 1:
Theo must have responded to Vincent’s views regarding Herkomer: see letter 278.
in translation:
... whispered or pronounced in veiled terms (see Herkomer), will then sound like an alarm bell. Many, li...
283 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 16 or Friday, 17 November 1882.
in note 13:
For this quotation from Herkomer, see letter 278, n. 7.
in translation:
... prints in their room or workplace. I believe Herkomer speaks the truth when he says For you — the ...
284 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, Friday, 17 or Saturday, 18 November 1882.
in note 5:
Also borrowed from the extract from Herkomer; see letter 278, n. 7.
in note 4:
A reference to the extract from Herkomer’s article that Van Rappard had sent (see letter 279). That...
in translation:
...u describe; in general the great host to whom Herkomer says For you, the public it is really done don...
288 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 26 and Monday, 27 November 1882.
in translation:
...Israëls, Breton, Degroux — so many others, Herkomer among them — I can be terribly despondent. O...
291 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, between Monday, 4 and Saturday, 9 December 1882.
in note 13:
A reference to Herkomer’s observation: ‘Accepting the engraver as an interpreter, we have only to...
in translation:
...andscape, and I’d like to apply a remark by Herkomer: the interpreters allow their cleverness to ma...
293 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Monday, 11 December 1882.
in note 5:
...E.J. Gregory, H. Woods, L. Fildes, J. Nash, H. Herkomer, G. Durand, F. Holl and W. Small. In the est...
in note 4:
Herkomer’s remark ‘dearth of good draughtsmen’ had been quoted by Van Gogh earlier: see letter ...
in note 2:
A reference to the extract from Herkomer’s article ‘Drawing and engraving on wood’ received fro...
in note 16:
...hic. It included the following works by Hubert von Herkomer: The agricultural labourer – Sunday; T...
in translation:
...ert Herkomer’s words are in singular contrast to those of The Graphic’s editors. Hubert Herkomer
HH speaks of a: ‘DEARTH OF GOOD DRAUGHTSMEN.’
H.H. says ‘all wrong’.
...ore will come, and sooner or later instead of Herkomer, Luke Fildes, Frank Holl, William Small &c. th...
...s and dealers, not listening to a prophecy like H.H.’s, will go on assuring us in words like those ...
...s this prospectus, no doubt as a replacement for Heads of the people by Herkomer, Small and Ridley.
303 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Saturday, 20 January 1883.
in note 8:
Hubert von Herkomer, A “Kegelbahn” in the Bavarian Alps, in The Graphic 17 (6 April 1878), pp. 35...
in note 7:
There is no shoemaker in any of the prints by Herkomer in The Graphic. Van Gogh may have made a slip ...
in note 6:
Probably Hubert von Herkomer’s The last muster (Sunday at Chelsea hospital / Chelsea pensioners): s...
in note 5:
...n Gogh writes that he has ‘the old wives by Herkomer’ from the 1876 volume in duplicate, so by hi...
in note 10:
Hubert von Herkomer, Low lodging house St. Giles’s, in The Graphic Portfolio of 1877. Ill. 2035 (t*...
in translation:
Herkomer is superb — today I saw several large prints for the first time, Old women’s home, old m...
...ne on thinking of them ever since, for instance the Foundling by Holl and the old wives by Herkomer.
...saw such clear confirmation of the words of H. Herkomer that you sent to me some time ago, namely th...
in note 24:
For this reference to Herkomer’s article ‘Drawing and engraving on wood’, see letters 278 and 2...
in note 23:
For Herkomer’s Old age – A study at the Westminster Union, see n. 5 above.
304 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Thursday, 25 January 1883.
in note 78:
...278, n. 13) – he added the year 1876 later. Herkomer’s Old age – A study at the Westminster Uni...
in note 75:
...see letter 286. The 23 illustrations by Hubert von Herkomer, Charles Green, William Small, Luke Fild...
in note 19:
For Herkomer’s Low lodging house St. Giles’s, see letter 303, n. 10.
in note 17:
Hubert von Herkomer, Divine service for shepherds and herdsmen – A study at the Berner’s Hall, Is...
in note 31:
...ects attract the popular taste. Such a one is Mr. Hubert Herkomer’s “Last Muster”’ (p. 634).
in translation:
The work by Herkomer in it (I’m not counting the prints I already had) includes Divine service (pew...
...e smaller is 93 by Victor Hugo illustrated by Herkomer, Green, Small — rarely has a book been illus...
... as I can find — including the old wives by Herkomer, that’s a masterpiece. Have you got that???
in note 29:
For Herkomer’s The last muster (Sunday at Chelsea hospital / Chelsea pensioners), see letter 199, n...
in note 28:
The engraving of a detail with two men after Herkomer’s The last muster: see letter 303, n. 6 and l...
in note 27:
For Herkomer’s Sketches in the Bavarian Alps – Arrest of a poacher, see letter 279, n. 6.
in note 26:
Hubert von Herkomer, Anxious times – A sketch at Tréport, France, in The Graphic 2 (26 November 18...
in note 25:
Hubert von Herkomer, Carnival time in the Bavarian Alps, in The Graphic 9 (18 April 1874), pp. 368-36...
in note 24:
For Herkomer’s A “Kegelbahn” in the Bavarian Alps, see letter 303, n. 8.
in note 23:
Hubert von Herkomer, A Roman cardinal and his footman – A sketch on the Pincian, in The Graphic 5 (...
in note 22:
For Herkomer’s A Wirtshaus, see letter 279, n. 6.
in note 21:
Hubert von Herkomer, Charcoal burners in the Alps, engraved by Charles Roberts, in The Graphic 6 (28 ...
in note 20:
For Herkomer’s Christmas in a workhouse, see letter 278, n. 13.
305 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 26 or Saturday, 27 January 1883.
in note a:
Saying (also Herkomer’s words, see n. 4 above). The expression ‘zegt de wereld’ means: ‘zegt ...
in note 4:
A reference to Hubert von Herkomer’s article ‘Drawing and engraving on wood’: see letter 278. H...
in translation:
...�It’s too good to last’. You can see from Herkomer’s words that sadly this has proved to be rig...
306 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 3 February 1883.
in note 7:
Herkomer, Carnival time in the Bavarian Alps: see letter 304, n. 25.
in note 10:
Since Van Gogh compares Herkomer’s engraving with The sewing school at Katwijk by Jozef Israëls (s...
in translation:
... that’s different from that of the English. Herkomer once did a peasant carnival, rather like Peasa...
Speaking of Herkomer, I recently read a sort of biography of him, though pretty incomplete.
307 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 4 February 1883.
in note 8:
...e contribution in The Graphic it is said that Herkomer became acquainted with Edward John Gregory, an...
in note 2:
For Herkomer’s Low lodging house St. Giles’s, see letter 303, n. 10.
in note 15:
For Herkomer’s Low lodging house St. Giles’s, see letter 303, n. 10.
in note 14:
For Herkomer’s Old age – A study at the Westminster Union, see letter 303, n. 5.
in note 13:
For Herkomer’s The last muster, see letter 199, n. 12.
in translation:
...— such as Low lodging house St Giles’s by Herkomer, Casual ward by Fildes — wouldn’t be a lit...
I read in Herkomer’s biography how in his early days (when the incident with the rough sketch of Su...
... them some of the very finest, Last muster by Herkomer, old women’s home, Low lodging house St Gile...
311 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Saturday, 10 February 1883.
in translation:
...en more beautiful. I think you know the three Herkomers I’m sending you herewith. But I really want...
312 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 11 February 1883.
in translation:
...re his illness is a very practical outcome of his love for draughtsmen like Herkomer and Frank Holl.
317 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 20 February 1883.
in translation:
... desirable to have the work of, say, Small or Herkomer, of Green or Frank Holl, together instead of d...
321 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Friday, 23 and Monday, 26 February 1883.
in note 9:
Hubert von Herkomer, At Death’s door, in The Graphic 14 (26 August 1876), Supplement, between pp. 2...
in note 4:
It is not certain whether Herkomer’s Old age – A study at the Westminster Union (letter 303, n. 5...
in note 3:
For Hubert von Herkomer, Low lodging house St. Giles’s, see letter 303, n. 10.
in translation:
...orst impression of the old women’s house by Herkomer (from the French illustrated magazine) that yo...
Herkomer At death’s door
329 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, Thursday, 15 or Friday, 16 March 1883.
in translation:
... him those prints sooner or later (I mean the Herkomer, and whatever else you may find), or through t...
331 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 21 March 1883.
in translation:
When one sees it, Herkomer’s work from it for example, arranged together instead of dispersed amid ...
332 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 21 March 1883.
in note 3:
For Herkomer’s Low lodging house St. Giles’s, included in The Graphic Portfolio of 1877, see lett...
in translation:
... is why you already have Low lodging house by Herkomer, and several of the best of this consignment t...
336 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 11 April 1883.
in translation:
...er than he — such as those of Lhermitte and Herkomer. Well, I find that in them too, but I can stil...
337 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Saturday, 21 April 1883.
in note 15:
...eans a photograph after the painting by Hubert von Herkomer. We have been unable to confirm that it ...
in note 13:
For Herkomer’s The last muster (Sunday at Chelsea hospital / Chelsea pensioners), see letter 199, n...
in translation:
The large Herkomer, Last muster Sunday at Chelsea and a photo after that painting by Roll, Miners’ ...
348 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 3 June 1883.
in translation:
... organizations, or preferably the draughtsmen Herkomer, Green, Boughton (some, however, are in Americ...
354 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Friday, 15 June 1883.
in translation:
... Mauve and Maris too, cannot resist forceful outline, but don’t do it like Leys or like Herkomer.
358 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 2 July 1883.
in translation:
... by Régamey, those by Pinwell and Walker and Herkomer, which I certainly think about sometimes (thos...
375 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 18 August 1883.
in translation:
... think it would be better to see someone like Herkomer, Green or Small, for instance, now or to wait ...
...be paid to appearance if ever I were to go to Herkomer or someone. Also, what you said about Pa — t...
376 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 19 August 1883.
in translation:
...llows like Mauve or, to mention someone else, Herkomer as friends, although this isn’t the very fir...
...s bound to meet a friend for life, such as M. or H., say, might be. And perhaps sooner when one works...
387 To Theo van Gogh. Hoogeveen, Sunday, 16 September 1883.
in note 11:
See for Herkomer’s The last muster: letter 199, n. 12.
in translation:
...iption that he, Liebermann, must work much in Herkomer’s manner, mainly because of consistently car...
400 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, Sunday, 28 October 1883.
in translation:
...school of Millet, Israëls, Breton, Boughton, Herkomer, several others. In short, those who seek the ...
403 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, on or about Monday, 5 November 1883.
in translation:
...�� Dupré, Daubigny, Corot, Millet, Israëls, Herkomer — not to mention Michelet, Hugo, Zola, Balza...
... respect for Millet, Corot, Daubigny, Breton, Herkomer, Boughton, Jules Dupré &c. &c., Israëls, in ...
439 To Anthon van Rappard. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 18 March 1884.
in note 7:
Hubert von Herkomer set up his Art School in Bushey in 1883. A week later The Graphic reported on the...
in translation:
I liked what Herkomer said when he opened his own art school — for a number of people who could alr...
476 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 16 December 1884.
in note 1:
Van Gogh borrowed this title from Hubert von Herkomer’s series ‘Heads of the people’: see lette...
500 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Monday, 4 and Tuesday, 5 May 1885.
in translation:
...er school one may work in — be it Israëls, Herkomer, so many different views — if it’s felt an...
... the contrary — you see so many Daubignys, Corots, Millets, Dupré, Israëls, Herkomer, Breton &c.
515 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 14 July 1885.
in translation:
...reat, for instance Millet, Lhermitte, Breton, Herkomer; the lesser, for instance Raffaëlli and Réga...

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